Firearm.



T..F. HORAN.

FIREARM.

APPLICATION HLED JULY 12.1915.

' 1,242,191. Patented Oct. 9,1917.

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FIREARM.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12.1915.

1,242,191 Patented Oct. 9,1917.

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FIREARM.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 12.1915.

Pzitented Oct. 9,1917.

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oi" Ilion, in the county of; Herkimer and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Firearms; and I do hereby declarethat the following i full; clear, and exact, description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertainsto make anduse the.

'same,;reference beinghad to the accompany e l ing drawings, and to the reference-numerals 1 marked thereon, which form part of; this;

vatlonof the fore-bar into which the operatspecification.

. My in ention rela-tes to an improved fireh The inventionis shown as appliedto a modern high-power,rifle having a rotary 7 magazine anda breech-block sliding to and fro byymechanism which; operates at the sametime to'place a cartridge and to cock- V the rifle ready for firing. i The inventiornis I particularlyaapplied to. andis exhibitedin connectionwith a rifle having a pump-action; by the operation of which the loading and firing V mechanisms are positioned and the L empty shellsextracteda Another-object of y invention is t6 prof e videl a pump-action firearm wherein n the pumpingrod passes from the forestock to the frame-contained mechanism operated thereby, through a central.openinginthero Y tarry; magazine, thereby. obtaining greater strength and simplicity. ofconstruction and more, direct and efiicient operation,

i and improved means for locking the breechblock ofIa firearm inforward and upward orl 'closed position and also in. combination, therewith to provlde lmproved means vfor t ing. theitrigger. I;-

releasingsuch a look ing device. Without pull- Further purposes and advanta ges. oi

and claims herein.

inventionwill appear from the specification i Specification of Letters Patent.

irfF. HORAN,

One furpose of my present invention is to] still further purpose is to providenoirel hedrawin'gs Figureil is a side y'iew; oi; ttr fi ede s rie k h r tt a position forlfi ring, aportion ofthe case be ing broken away;.Eig, 2 is a like View with thei iparts'in retracted position Fig. 3 is a:

detail View ofa portion of the mechanism shown inFigs. l and 2; Fig. 4 is alike viewof another part; Fig. 5 is a view showing. the forestock ofthe rifle with the pump handle'and showing-indotted lines the connection ofthe pump-handleand its parts with. the operating or pumping-rod; Fig. 6

is a detail View of such last-mentioned part andF1g,,7 is a brokenplan and a side ele through; the firearm with the forward part of the barrel and the rear part of the stock.

removed. Fig. 13 is'a side elevation of the breech-block seen from the same side as viewedin Fig. .12, but on a still larger scale. Fig 14; is a cross-sectional View on line M 14. of Fig. 13, butshowing the firing pin iltnd firing-pin spring within the breechbloc r.

lReferring to the drawings in detail, representsthe frame, B shows the breech block hating a firing-pin C spring mounted therein, with the dog D adapted in the oper ation of the mechanismvto place the firing pin under tension by. means its engage; 3 ment iwiththe sear 14c whichholdsit in retracted: position until. the trigger H 'is pulled w I Inte ral with or secured to the breechblock isja rearwardly and downwardly extending side-plate E' which has a curved groove eftherein, in which travels a laterally extending pin e mounted on the rear end ofthe pumping-rod F,which rod travels to'and' fro through the axial center ofthe magazine G which carries thecartridges. At H is'shown the trigger pivoted'in the frame A ath and'held in normal position by the spring 1 which bears in a shoulder 2 on the trigger H. The trigger extends for wardly'a'nd is toward itsforwardend provided with a slot 45 through which the screw passes and sets intoja locking blookf'i',

allowing longitudinal movement of; the

; block relative to the trigger and pifvo a eaeewa; hooked forward end" detachably. engag} V i 1 rtiqn' of both trigger andhbleck -afi the poi nt v.tlr ie hopked lieerward end fthe fore-f Where connected by the'S dirW 5. "Thefilb'k""'bai SS. Tliis fOre 'Bii is, located in an up- 7 7 extends forwardly and has at its forwgy d i&7- 1 (11y 0pehingslot in thepu'mp handle 39 -end a-slot 9 disposed asilliistrated tfaVTs eff the screw 12 mountr62,-downwird l1yr extending from 1512561; 61"

diagonally, slantingwandeis securedihereto by as'crew 61 While 7 fera 'stock 37. Thereax} end bfthe i 81 aunt mam-c 4 tfi g er 5 H vo ' t hk edfl k gPort o 1 bk S th W A a shoulder of the-frame; then the pin having i come to the upper and rear end of the groove e willcontinue to force the breech-block back until it is in retracted position andthe car- I tridge if anyis withdrawn from the barrel 64 and-lthrown out'by proper means not relevantto this invention and a new car-i tridge is received from the magazine G. As-

thefbreec-h-block has passed back, the firing- Yimpin-dogD has riddenover and passed the a sear by temporarilyidepressing the upward extension 15 of "said sear 14, if the trigger has been pulled. If the" trigger has notbeen rear end of the pumping rod Fwill extend go jmueh fartherout from the rear endof the cartridge magazine and the *pump handle 39' a a will beback almosttothe frameA, or in- 1; other wor 'ds almo'st to therear enlargement nthe forestock'37 provided to fit thesocket 1 front end of the frame A: i

From thisirearward or retracted position i a I of the mechanism shown in'Figr-EZ, forward movement of the pump handle 39 draws the pumping rod F' forward and the pin 6 at the 3 1 rear end ofthepumping rod F engaging the l forward-sideof groove 6 on the side-plate wofwthebreech+block B" draws the, breech block "forward until 1 the cartridge it grasped by the 'breech-block is well into the barrel 64 and the 1 forward end of the breech-block is block hascleared the overhanging portion of thewframe 'andis freeto move upand as; slightly forward into "firing at position. a This upward-movement) of the rear end of the breech block and slightfinal forward move i fmen'tof the breech-block is producedby the cammingaction ofthe pin e in the downthe pumping rod I F "is given a further forward movement. a l a a I: fAsthebreech=blockhas1thus moved for- .ward the-downwardlyextending dog D 'of the fir'ing-pin G has moved forwardiwith the breech block until the' dog has reached the upward extension '15 'of sear 14 which is in V the path of said dog; As thelocking block Tftowhichthe sear issecuredis not yet free t" move 'forwardly andupw ardly, the sear le 'bythe, engagement of its upward extension 15 arreststhe forward movement of saidkdog D -a'nd firing-pinC, while the breechblock continues its forward course, oo thereby operating to place the firing-pin spring under compression and thefiring-pin der te'nsion to move forward:

has been moved up to 1 closed position, i the locking block is free' to slide forwardly and i p within say of an inchof therear end of thebarrel; thenthe rear endlof'the breechwardlyyand forwardly inclined groove 6 as s soon as the rear end ofthe breech b'lock its forward end upwardly and such move ment takes place under the forward tension of the dog D communicated to sear extension 15, resulting in the thickenedportion or boss 19'being forced between the lower surface of 79 the breech-block and the transverse screw 12, thus securely locking the breech-block in forwardposition and the rifle is cooked. Whether fired or to be unloaded without firing, the parts arefmoved to retracted posi tion by another backward movement of the pump handle 39 and again moved to forward or firing position by another forward movement of said handle as described above. It will be understood that various devices may be used, as are familiar, to lock the trigger in safety'position. At 28,in Fig. 1; is shown a safetylock which is mounted in the frameto slide to and fro." In its extreme forward position-it engages thev rear edgeof the trigger and locks the rifle from firing. When moved from its forward position to middle position the trigger only is released. When the safety-lockis moved to extreme rearward position it draws back the link 30,

which is slotted, at 31, where connected with safety-lock 28. The forward endof link130 ispivoted to block 7 as by being mounted on screw 5, which connects the trigger H to the a locking block 7. The retraction of the s, safety-lock to extremel rearward position draws backthe block 7 and unlocks the breech-block, permitting it to assume :the' lower position, to clear the frame andallow: ing the-action of the forestock mechanism to press the breech-block backward into the position shown in Fig. 2 and thus allow a, cartridge to be removed and-the rifle ltobe unloaded. The slot 31 "in link- 30 is so 10-1 cated that the pinprojectingthereinto from. the, post of theusliding safety-lock, slides from the front endiof the slot to the re'arend of the slot when the safety-lock is moved rearward to release the trigger and so does not operate thelink until the second step rearward of the safety-lock, so that releasing thetriggerdoes not unlock the breech-block, This manipulation ofthe locking block 7 is used when it is desired to open the breech without firing the gun or pulling the trigger. 'lhe forestock37, fore-bar 35 and pump handle 39 while still together may be detached from the barrel'64 and frame A by moving the pu1np-handle nearly to retracted or rearward position, thus uncovering the finger slide 51, then-moving said finger slide rearward, thus withdrawing the catch 45 from the hookedlug49, then swinging the forward end of the forestock away from the barrel thus unhooking the hooked end f'of the-pump-rod from the adjacent or rear enda ofthe fore-bar 35 and thendrawingqthe forestock forward until itsrearward end is out of the socket inthe front endoflthe frame A: and away from the pumping-rod 1 the bottom of the breechJolock when the tion, a firing-pin slidingly mounted in the breech-block and having a dog projecting therefrom at its rear end, a spring in the breech-block engaging the firing-pin and adapted to be placed under tension as the firing-pin moves rearwardly relative to the breech-block, a locking block pivotally and slidingly mounted in the frame and adapted to move forwardly and upwardly against breech block is in closed position and lock I said breech block in closed position and to i move rearwardly and downwardly and unlock said breech-block, a spring-tensioned sear pivotally mounted on said locking block in the path of the dog on the firingpin and adapted to engage said dog as the a breech-block moves forward and put the firing-pin spring under compression and to thereupon move said locking block forwardly and upwardly'into locking position i .beneath the closed breech-block and a trigger pivotally mounted in the frame and having its forward end pivotally and slidingly connected to the rear end of the locking block whereby pulling of the trigger will disengage the sear from the firing-pin, allowing the firing-pin to pass forward and will also remove the forward pressure from i i the locking block whereby said locln'ng block is free to move rearwardly and downwardly and unlock the breech-b1ock.

7. The combination in a rifle having a frame and a barrel, of a breech-block mounted in the frame to move upwardly and for wardly to closed position and downwardly and backwardly to retracted position, a firing-pin slidingly mounted in the breechblock and havmg a dog projecting therea from at its rear end, a spring in the breechcopies of this patent may be obtained for block engaging the firing-pin and adapted to be placed under tension as the firing-pin moves rearwardly relative to the breechblock, a locking block pivotally and slidingly mounted in the frame and adapted to move forwardly and upwardly a ainst the bottom of the breech-block when t ebreechblock is in closed position and lock said breech-block in closed position and to move rcarwardly and downwardly and unlock said breech-block, a spring-tensioned sear pivotally mounted on said locking block in the path of the dog on the firing-pin and adapted to engage said dog as the breechblock moves forward and put the firing-pin spring under compression and to thereupon move said locking block forwardly and upwardly into locking'position beneath the closed breech-block, a trigger pivotally mounted in the frame and having its forward end pivotally and slidingly connected to the rear end of the locking block whereby pulling of the trigger will disengage the sear from the firing-pin allowing the firingpin to pass forward and will also remove the forward pressure from the locking block whereby said locking block is free to move rearwardly and downwardly and unlock the breech-block and a device for releasing said locking block from locking position without pulling the trigger, comprising a member movably mounted in the frame, manually operated from outside the frame and operatively connected to said locking block to withdraw it from looking position.

i In testimony whereof I hereunto aifix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

TIMOTHY F. HORAN. Witnesses;

MARTIN J. CROSBY, ELEANOR T. DE GIoRGI.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). 0. 

